HOW TO REALLY RUN A CITY PODCAST - The Philadelphia Citizen
On the latest episode of How To Really Run A City, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter chat with Devin Cotten, the Founder and CEO of The Universal Basic Employment and Opportunity Initiative in Cleveland, Ohio. Cotten is helping to extend universal basic employment to one hundred Clevelanders through a pilot that guarantees a living wage of $50,000 a year.
The Philadelphia Citizen: Philly news, politics, civic engagement
A Jobs Program that Works. The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative helped nearly 2,000 Philadelphians find work. Now, with a large grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the organization is expanding and rebranding to connect more Philadelphians with skills, jobs and career opportunities. Ideas We Should Steal Medical Malpractice Reform ….
Guest Commentary: Talking to Joe Biden About Mass Incarceration
2024年9月19日 · In speeches on the Senate floor in the mid-90s, Senator Joe Biden touted his “tough-on-crime” credentials, praising Pres. Nixon’s “law and order” agenda and boasting that he had backed every crime bill since 1976. Those bills — including President Clinton’s 1994 crime bill, which Biden authored — helped construct the U.S. system of mass incarceration.
How to Vote in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Elections
Voter registration applications are also available at the U.S. Post Office, Philadelphia public libraries and, funny enough, state liquor stores. To vote in on Election Day, November 5, 2024, your mail-in registration must be received by October 21, 2024. (This means putting it in the mail at least a few days ahead!)
33 Beautiful Spots for Outdoor Dining in Philadelphia
Suraya. Suraya. Suraya ‘s beautiful outdoor dining space reflects its Levantine heritage. A 5,000-square-foot, all-white outdoor lounge and garden has Persian ironwood trees, Arabic art, fountains, and a fire pit. Add an egg to your order of man’oushe, and don’t skip pastry. 1528 Frankford Avenue, (215) 302-1900.
Ideas We Should Steal: Expand — Yes, Expand — Public Transit
2024年9月18日 · New Urban Order: Expand — Yes, Expand — Public Transit. Expand — Yes, Expand. — Public Transit. New York City, Seattle and Sydney are doubling down on public transportation amid the ongoing work-from-home trend. Why this counterintuitive move is an idea Philly should steal. Four-and-a-half years since the onset of the pandemic, several ...
Guest Commentary A Guide to Co-Creating Kensington’s Future
2024年8月6日 · Read the Co-Creating Kensington Reports outlining the planning and implementation process for proven solutions that will work in Kensington with the efforts of all stakeholders. The second report provides recommendations to align proposed or initiated strategies for Kensington with the community’s self-determined priorities and preliminary ...
Alan Horwitz: 76ers Mega Fan Behind Philly Youth Basketball
2024年1月12日 · Citizen Horwitz. When the $38 million state-of-the-art Philly Youth Basketball facility opens next week, it will be thanks to an 80-year-old, prank-pulling, courtside-sitting cult figure. And then there’s the time he was tossed from an NBA game…. Just before the pandemic, I took a friend’s son to a Sixers game.
How Philadelphia’s Housing Market has Changed Since 2000
Jul. 23, 2024. Philadelphia’s housing market has been transformed since 2000 by several factors, both local and more national. Among those are the city’s gradual population growth after decades of decline, a property tax abatement implemented in 2000 that spurred new real estate investment, the market contraction following the 2006-08 ...
What Philly's Missing About Growing Jobs
2024年9月13日 · Because they realized that working together meant everybody wins.”. — Penn professor Ted Hershberg. With a nearly $500 billion Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP), Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Chester counties — not to mention South Jersey — all working together would become an economic behemoth.